Each recipe below includes its related AAFCO nutrient profile when available on the product’s official webpage: Growth, Maintenance, All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.

Important: Because many websites do not reliably specify which Growth or All Life Stages recipes are safe for large breed puppies, we do not include that data in this report. Be sure to check actual packaging for that information.

Applaws Chicken Breast in Broth [S]

Applaws Chicken Breast and Vegetables [S]

Applaws Chicken Breast with Pork and Vegetables [S]

Applaws Chicken Breast with Tuna and Vegetables [S]

Applaws Chicken Breast with Salmon and Vegetables [S]

Applaws Chicken Breast with Beef Liver and Vegetables [S]

Applaws Chicken Breast with Pork and Vegetables was selected to represent the other products in the line for this review.

The first ingredient in this dog food is chicken. Chicken is considered “the clean combination of flesh and skin… derived from the parts or whole carcasses of chicken”.1

Chicken is naturally rich in the ten essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life.

The second ingredient is chicken broth. Broths are of only modest nutritional value. Yet because they add both flavor and moisture to a dog food, they are a common addition component in many canned products.

The third ingredient is ham, pork that’s been salted, smoked, and cured.

Pork itself can be described as “the clean flesh derived from slaughtered pork” and includes skeletal muscle or the muscle tissues of the tongue, diaphragm, heart or esophagus.2. It’s naturally rich in all ten essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life.

The fourth ingredient is pumpkin. Pumpkin is a nutritious addition high in complex carbohydrates, beta-carotene and dietary fiber.

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